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Bolero | Cumbia | Flamenco | Latin Jazz | Latin Pop | Latin Rap / Hip Hop | Mambo Mariachi | Merengue | Ranchera | Rock en Español | Rumba | Salsa | Tango | Tejano / TexMex ABOUT TANGO In the Spanish-speaking world, the tango is most closely associated with Argentina, where it originated near the end of the 19th century. Like many Latin musical styles, it combines elements of disparate European, African, and indigenous influences. Notes are played in staccato fashion, rhythms are sharply accentuated, and beats include some interruptions. In traditional performances a vocal solo is accompanied by guitar. During World War I in Europe and the US, the tango experienced mass popularity. TANGO ARTISTS, CDs & AUDIO CLIPS  Hugo
del Carril (Argentina)CD Alma de tango [1994] • LISTEN 
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Chia (Cuba)CD Tangos y nostalgia [1997] • LISTEN
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Gardel (France / Argentina)CD Lo mejor de lo mejor [2001] • LISTEN
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Piazzolla (Argentina)CD Tango: Zero Hour [1992] • LISTEN
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CD • REVIEW: Astor Piazzolla lived and died as tango's bad
boy, having almost single handedly invented the music's vanguard, the
form known as tango nuevo. It took Piazzolla decades to reach his unequivocal
apex, which is captured flawlessly on Tango Zero Hour. When this
recording was cut in 1986, some of the compositions Piazzolla and his
quintet cued up were standards for the band. Whether it was an epiphanic
period or not, the recording captures an ensemble alchemically transforming
seriously complex works into goose-bump-inducing electricity. Pianist
Pablo Ziegler brings his jazz background into the mix with jarring urgency,
just as violinist Fernando Suárez Paz makes quavering classical
inflections sing amid Piazzolla's here tender and there blistering bandoneon.
For a peak experience in music that challenges the ear to dance and
the body to fully listen, look no further than this recording. -- Review
by Andrew BartlettCD The Rough Guide to Astor Piazzolla [2005] • LISTEN
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CD • REVIEW: Before Piazzolla, Argentinean tango, whether performed
in a Buenos Aires waterfront dive or cafe society boïte, was primarily
music for a dance famously described as a "vertical expression
of a horizontal desire." But filtered through Piazzolla's cosmopolitan
outlook and intellect, it became a sophisticated yet still searingly
sexy fusion of Argentina's rural milonga and African derived candombe
styles with American jazz, European pop and 20th-century classical influences.
Today, it's hard to believe that nuevo tango initially raised howls
of indignation as Piazzolla's spell-binding bandoneon (accordion) and
compositions ultimately won over the traditionalists. This compilation
includes many of the late Maestro's best-known tunes, such as "Libertango"
and two versions of "Adios Nonino", an elegy for his father.
From the percussive, Shostakovich-like thrust of "Tres Minutos
Con la Realidad" to the keening, fatalistic bitterness of "Milonga
del Angel", it is a collection to treasure, ideal for beginners
and enlightening for collectors. -- Review by Christina Roden
CD The Soul of Tango: Greatest Hits [2000] • LISTEN
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CD | CD La Camorra [1993]
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CD | CD Live at the BBC [1989]
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